Weds 29th July Have been in Airlie Beach for nearly a week now and it has been a week of great up-and-downs! I worked Sat,Sun,Mon,Tues evenings, which was GREAT and went some way towards warding off my despair every time I think about my finances.. I have only worked the evenings so have had my daytimes free in which to lie in the sun, beside the lagoon, and try not to spend money! There is little to do in Airlie besides sunbathe and wander, which is fine, I lov...

Sat. 26th July Perhaps it is a reflection of how desparate times call for desparate measures that after just two full days in Airlie Beach, I have already landed myself a job, albeit one with a shockingly low rate of pay, in an establishment where half the patrons at any one time are likely to be under the age of ten. I arrived here with $8 in my bank account, which quickly shrank to $3 after having to put a $10 cash deposit for my roomkey (which I had forgotte...

Sat. 25th July After leaving Hervey Bay, my next stop northwards was Bundaberg, in the heart of the 'growing' country, fields either side of the road on the way there were lined with sugarcane and fruit trees and Bundy, when I arrived, was very much a town of harvest-workers. I had had trouble, before I arrived, finding a hostel that would take a booking for just two nights, as they all mostly cater to long-stay backpackers doing harvest work. I wound up staying...

Thursday 16th July After leaving Noosa last weekend, I bussed up to Rainbow Beach, which along with Hervey Bay is the main gateway to Fraser Island. So from Rainbow, I set off on my 3-day, 2-night tour of Fraser. Fraser Island is a national park, and is the largest sand island in the world, it is also the only place in the world where rainforest grows on sand. The beach along the eastern side of the island is essentially a road, with two-way traffic; 'roads' li...

Monday 6th July So this morning I left brissie, and I was not sad to see it go (although I was sad to have to get up at 5.30am after an interrupted night without a wink of sleep, goddammn, drunken noisy roommates).. I liked brisbane just fine, but I wasn't particularly enthralled by it. It's a nice chilled out laid back city, but not a very interesting one. I took a nice trip on Friday up to The Mt-Coot-Tha national park and lookout, from where you can see the ...